Biery set sentencing for May 10, where Simmons faces 15 years to life in prison without parole.

The judge's decision came shortly after Simmons, 36, took the stand for more than three hours, at times coming across as unbelievable, delusional and ridiculous, the judge and others in the courtroom noted.

For instance, he blamed the victims' cries on the witness stand not on his criminal acts, but on their “allergies.”

During the commission of the crimes, he was cunning, running multiple schemes that had the FBI pulling back layers, prosecutors alleged. Biery, who at Simmons' request heard the case instead of a jury, noted during the trial that it was similar to when the curtain is pulled back to reveal the man posing as the Wizard of Oz, or akin to “Something Wicked This Way Comes” or other movies or books.

“As law enforcement pulled back the curtain, evidence revealed (Simmons) using multiple personas reminiscent of 'Catch Me If You Can' and 'The Great Impostor,'” the judge wrote. “The hypnotic result was the Wizardly manipulation, sexual exploitation and preying upon the naiveté of over one hundred minors, parents, young adults and banks for the fiscal and physical gratification of the defendant's twisted predatory mind, producing victims who were 'terrified” and 'wanted to commit suicide.'”

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The judge highlighted the tearful testimony of eight victims — six of them minors — who alleged Simmons used various personas to draw them in with offers of modeling.

Testimony established that Simmons used multiple personas for a pattern of coercion and extortion to demand explicit nude photos from his victims, and later for sessions in which he texted instructions for them to perform sex acts on him. He acted as a middleman, claiming he received similar texted instructions, and by performing the acts, he was helping the victims so they could get out of their “contracts” and end the activity.

Among the mountain of evidence, prosecutors Tracy Thompson and Bettina Richardson showed the judge sanitized versions of some of the video recordings or photos, some of which showed Simmons.

They also connected Simmons to tens of thousands of text messages sent from Simmons' cell phones to victims.

Though the trial focused on eight victims in the indictment, the FBI identified more than 100 victims. Simmons was not charged in connection with those.

In his testimony, Simmons admitted to three counts of the indictment and to lying about certain matters. He denied responsibility for the remaining 36 counts, but agreed he was present and that crimes were committed.

“I kind of brought it on myself through karma,” Simmons said of his predicament. “For way too long, I was concerned with getting the girls and getting the money. ... Because I went around chasing the girls and being a Casanova, I made a lot of people angry.”

He also blamed the criminal charges on several people, who he said acted together or separately against him. For instance, he claimed someone installed malicious software on his iMac computer in an effort to frame him.

He also blamed his assistant, Natasha Goodlow, 22, whom he recruited for his purported internet TV channel, G2 News. Goodlow, who awaits sentencing, was charged last year with production of child pornography after disobeying orders to stay away from a 17-year-old victim that she and Simmons recorded themselves having sex with.

Goodlow testified last week that she was drawn to Simmons by his method of operation, and that she, too, found herself sexually exploited by his personas, whom she believed were real people.

In cross-examination, Thompson pointed to the misuse in recovered texts of the word “lose.” She noted he misspelled it repeatedly in a book he claims to have written, and in letters he sent from jail.

But Simmons argued several people misuse or misspell words, and that it doesn't prove he sent the texts to his victims.

But when Thompson confronted him with other evidence refuting his explanations, he admitted, “I did lie a lot.”

In his verdict, Biery said that Simmons believes his own story: that people were victimized by unknown persons and “phantoms.”

“While such mental gymnastics may be the reality show defendant created in his mind, the court finds them delusional, incredible, contradictory and repudiated by overwhelming evidence,” the judge wrote.